#240 Pamela Morgan: Cryptoasset Inheritance Planning

While many cryptocurrency holders have thought about how to secure their assets, how to pass on cryptoassets in case of one’s death is rarely on people’s mind. Lawyer Pamela Morgan has been helping people and organizations build solutions to safely store their cryptoassets and has recently turned her attention to inheritance planning.

We discussed her new book “Cryptoasset Inheritance Planning” and how people can design a simple plan to give heirs a high chance of recovering assets in less than an hour.

Topics discussed in this episode:

How an impassioned talk on Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos started her crypto journey

Common misconceptions lawyers have about crypto

Her work through Empowered Law on educating lawyers

Third Key Solutions and building non-custodial key management solutions

The most frequent mistakes people make when it comes to protecting cryptoassets

How to do inheritance planning for cryptoassets

Differentiating between technical and legal aspects to inheritance planning